/*
 * Copyright (C) Michael Opitz
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301,
 * USA
 */
#ifndef SENDER_H
#define SENDER_H

#include <string>
#include "../model/dom.h"
using namespace std;


/** 
 * \brief This namespaces includes all nertwork related stuff.
 * \author Michael Opitz
 */
namespace network {
	/** 
	 * \brief This interface must be implemented by all sender-filetypes. 
	 */
	class sender {
	public:
		virtual ~sender() {}
		/** 
		 * \brief send converts a dom-structure in a formated string.
		 * 
		 * \param dom is a shared_ptr to a dom-node which should be
		 * converted
		 * 
		 * \return a string is returned, which could be sent over a
		 * socket.
		 */
		virtual string send(boost::shared_ptr<model::dom> dom) = 0;
	};
}

#endif
